what more do you have to say? >> i don't know what it's about. i know the sandwiches are coming if you look at the times square billboard. what did you learn today, willie? >> it's exciting day for royal watchers for you. the tall one and the girl are getting married. >> i'm glad we covered it wall to wall. >> at 10:01 i'll be able to buy every beatles song imaginable. >> mika? >> i learned that larry sent you lovely things from liverpool. >> i love it. >> thanks larry. >> it's way too early. what time is it? it's time for "the daily rundown" hosted by tom roberts. >> it's an about face in reversible. mitch mcconnell decides to back the tea party on earmarks. the senate vote may happen as early as tomorrow. charles rangel reconvenes with

or without him local. news from the uk that prince william and kate middleton are engaged. the royal wedding planned for next year. it's tuesday, november 16, 2010. president obama awards the medal of honor to the first living recipient since 1976. apple promises an itunes update you will never forget. is it another beatles invasion in let's get to the rundown. we begin with deliberations begin today. rangel walked out of day one after his pleadings for a lawyer and more time was rejected. >> 50 years of public service is on the line. i truly believe that i'm not being treated fairly and that history will dictate that not with standing the political calendar, i am entitled to a

lawyer during this proceeding. >> kelli o'donnell joins us to fill us in. what can we expect today? >> deliberations are going to get going again. four democrats and four republicans are looking at 13 counts against charlie rangel. it's personal finances, not paying taxes on rental income, how he used his office and staff to try to raise $30 million for a college center that bears his name. none of this is criminal. they are violations alleged of house rules. after a really long and very memorable career, this hannan embarrassing time for him. when you saw him make the appeal, part of what the committee resisted, he knew for a long time it was coming. the idea he didn't have a lawyer didn't hold up. they moved ahead. we are waiting now to see the results.

>> kelli, excuse me. mitch mcconnell is also in the headlines for reversing his long held support of earmarks. now, pledging to sign a ban for them. what is among the fall out for fellow republicans as they take over. >> reporter: lawmakers put into legislation, earmarks. mitch mcconnell used it to help his state. many members have. in a year like this, where the tea party is saying no more excessive spending, get things under control, this is a big reversal. mcconnell supported earmarks now taking the opposite position saying he wants to lead by example. on the democrats side, harry re reid, he is not going there. they are making a moratorium to stop the practice. it carries big implications

about the appearance of how washington works. i's a step, republicans say in the direction of trying to curb spending. i's policy and symbolism in the wake of elections. >> kelly o'donnell, we are asking you to stay tuned. lisa murkowski and joe miller in the race. for the first time, murkowski is the one with the lead. we are live from anchorage, alaska with the latest. kristen. >> reporter: good morning, tom. yesterday was a very big day for senator lisa murkowski. it's important to point out the lead includes 7,600 contested ballots. they are disputed for things like spelling errors and illegibility problems. today, senator murkowski may surpass his total in undisputed

ballots. it's important to watch them. at the end of the process, it's impossible for joe miller to catch up to lisa murkowski's lead, even if he throws them out. it's tough to build an argument this case should go to court. lisa murkowski's camp was all but proclaiming victory yesterday. joe miller says he's not conceding. >> obviously, if it's completely impossible, we are not going to spend a lot of efforts or time or energy. i think it's very important to respect those serving our country and wait for those ballots to come in before we call a race. it's critical. >> reporter: the counting continues today. day seven. what is left? 9,000 absentee ballots and a handful, about 700 overseas ballots. they are hoping to have the entire counting process finished by friday. again, all eyes are on the

contested ballots. if joe miller doesn't have enough to catch up to lisa murkowski, it's likely he could have a difficult time pulling off a victory. >> a breezy, anchorage, alaska. thanks. 20 minutes before the opening bell to get a pree view of what's driving the markets from becky. good morning. >> good morning, we have been watching the futures. they have been under pressure. the dow is down 50 points. this indicates we will get a lower open on wall street. signs of inflation and governments acting to tamp things down including china. concern about what's been happening in ireland. producer price indexes 40 minutes ago. these are the costs that producers pay for making things and manufacturing things. i showed some inflation, 0.4%. when you strip out food and energy, a drop of 0.6%.

it's providing cover for the fed. easing was about the inflation and worries of deflation. it provides them cupper. walmart out with numbers in line with expectations. they raised the guidelines. the world's largest retailer is probably looking for a better than expected holiday season. that's adding cheer to the retail stocks. we have been watching gm. it's expected to price tomorrow. it's now seeming like it's going to have a higher price than expected. it's great news. it means a couple things. the company is in better than expected shape. a lot of people want to get in on the ipo and means the taxpayer is going to make money back for all the money they invested to get gm out of a terrible situation. those are a couple good news in spite of all that, the futures are going to open weaker. >> thanks so much. coming up. save the beat. roll out the red carpet.

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britain that prince william and kate middleton are engaged. the british press nicknamed kate middleton waity katy is the long wait over? >> it is. it absolutely is. they got together eight years ago. they met more than eight years ago when they were both studying the same degree course there, art history. after more than eight years on and off relationship, they are now finally going to be getting married at last. it seems cruel, waity katy, but she's had to wait a long time. the speculation has been pitched over weeks and months. it's been steadily building. it turns out they got engaged last month in october during a holiday in kenya. that was a holiday that was supposed to be to celebrate prince williams final, finishing

his training as a search and rescue pilot. they are absolutely delighted and there have been messages flooding in from members of the royal family. they said the whole family was absolutely delighted. british prime minister is said to be delighted. later today, we are expected to hear from the happy couple themselves, prince williams and kate middleton. >> can you tell us, as you talk about the fact they have been dating for many years, do we expect a long official engagement or do we think it's going to be a fast ramp up to a wedding next year? >> reporter: well, it's not going to be a long engagement. we are expecting the marriage to take place in spring or summer next year. it's come from clarence house, the official residence of prince charles. they are planning to get married in spring or summer of 2011.

it's wh we were speculating about. it's what we thought. there was speculation it would be 2012. it's definitely off the cards. they are heading up to the wedding in spring or summer 2011. >> they are a lovely couple. we wish them all the best. thank you. pride and honor in washington. president obama will award a medal of hon no to an army sergeant. sergeant salvatore is the first living service member from the wars in afghanistan to iraq to receive the highest military decoration. brian williams spoke to the sergeant ahead of the ceremony. >> there's a huge why me component to this decoration and sometimes the answer is staff sergeant because it had to be someone. you did your job that day. i know everyone else did, too. but, you did your job that day.

that's got to be enough for you. >> it is. i mean, people can tell me whatever they want. i'll listen. but, there's so many more people, not even the one that is are here that can watch it on tv or be there and share that with me that have touched my life directly. that night, both of them gave everything. every single tomorrow they will have. they gave for their country that night. now people want to shake my hand and congratulate me and tell me how proud of me they are. i know a lot braver people than me and i know stronger people than me and i have served with a lot of them. i'm one of many. i'm mediocre at best. i'm the middleman in the scheme of things. >> with me now is jim, retired army specialist jack jacobs. a medal of honor reaccept yent

himself. thank you for joining me. tell me about the sergeant and the actions that led to his receiving the medal of honor. >> his appears to be an all-american tale out of the storybooks. he joined the army praktly out of high school there in iowa in the heart of the farm belt. in his actions, in 2007, in a hotly contested area of the valley, there in eastern afghanistan, he and his patrol were going across a mountain ridge at night when suddenly they were ambushed taking horrific fire. he took two rounds in his body armor, fell down, got up and charged ahead firing as he went. then he saw two taliban were dragging one of his wounded comrades away from the battle scene and running toward them and firing all the time. he killed one, wounded another and was able to retrieve his

wounded comrade who unfortunately died as we heard. never the less, by all accounts, this is a well-deserved medal of honor, again, for the first living recipient since the vietnam war. i can tell you, thomas, there's been a lot of disgruntlement among the services who felt not enough soldiers and marines in this now nine-year battle in iraq and afghanistan have been recognized with the military's highest honor so far. apparently, there is some pressure on the military to step it up a bit and recognize those who deserve the honor. >> as a recipient you can speak for this. he feels he's receiving this on behalf of others, which is really a common theme for a lot of the guys who get this. why is that? >> if you talk to any medal of honor recipient, he will tell you the same.

he's only doing his duty. lots of others deserved it more than he did. there's something about a combat, which forges relationships almost impossible to break. you won't get anybody who did anything in a combat situation tell you anything other than that. he was doing his duty and doing it for his comrades. >> the thing that's striking to me is here is a kid that's born, january 1985, right? i mean, you probably remember where you were. >> i have shoes older than that. >> a kid from iowa born in 1985, now he's the recipient. it reminds us of the young age of the responsibilities we are placing on men and women overseas to fight the wars and the level of heroics we are faced with day in and day out. not just him, all of them. >> there's nothing more than military service that gives

responsibility and authority at an early age. 18, 19, 20-year-old kids in charge of other people and their lives and their training and all their support. there's nothing like military service to give young people authority and responsibility at a very early age. the best people we have are people like him who are a tremendous example not only to other soldiers and sailors but to other americans. >> do you suspect we are going to see more recipients in there's pressure to honor more heroes coming home. do you think in the coming months and years people like sergeant giunta will take stage? >> he will be the first living recipient since the vietnam war. marines have one potential candidate waiting in the wings. it's passed up the chain. it's already approved by the marine corps common dant. it's got to be passed to the

white house to be approved. this is the second living recipient, hopefully, to receive the medal of honor within perhaps just a few months after waiting all that time since vietnam. >> we certainly honor sergeant giunta for what he's done for us. we take this time and moment for all service members who helped this country. thank you very much. why former president george w. bush and former vice president dick cheney and condoleezza rice are coming together for a rare reunion. new heat over new security procedures. a frenzy over apples big announcement. we'll explain. you are watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. bankers are known to be a little bit in love with themselves.

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supported earmarks over the last three years reversed course yesterday. mcconnell has been pressed by his party. the editor oond chief of the hot line joins us. i want to play a sound byte. take a listen and we'll talk on the other side. >> democrats were ignoring the wishes of the american people. when it comes to earmarks, i won't be guilty of the same thing. make no mistake, i know the good that has come from the projects i helped support throughout my state. i don't apologize for them. there's no doubt the abuse of this practice caused americans to view it as a symbol of the waste and out of control spending every republican in washington is determined to fight. >> after hearing that, is it an expression of the power of a growing group of conservative

senators and the tea party as it emerges being symbolic? >> i think it certainly is. mitch mcconnell said it's a symbol of the abuse of spending. earmarks represent a tiny fraction of the spending. cutting all earmarks is not going to do a lot to cut down on the spending problems the u.s. government has. but, he had to get out front of his team here. he's got a group of people, led by jim demint and the incoming freshman, rand paul, mark arubio an around the country saying no more earmarks. it's swept up so many people including mitch mcconnell who has a long and glorious career of getting things for kentucky and dan coats. it's got everybody in a fer ver. 28 of the incoming 46 are going

to support this measure. the incoming 47, i should say. they are going to support this measure. itis going to go through. it's nonbinding. there are some senators who said, we don't care what direction the conference is going, we are requesting earmarks. >> you mentioned jim demint. listen to what he had to say. >> if we can't decide as a federal government, it's not our job to pave local parking lots, we don't understand what limited government is. it's a senate republicans fail to pass the ban tomorrow, obviously, they have not gotten the message. >> the president talked about banning earmarks. do you think all this talk is going to pressure the senate democrats to go along with the ban? >> we have seen a couple jump on

to the bandwagon. there's no real move within the democratic caucus. as we are talking about this, democrats are the majority in the senate. i think you can count on a number of earmarks coming down from democrats and some of the senior republicans who are sort of classic legislatures than they are tea party favorites. >> i want to move ahead and talk about michael steele. you have new reporting about the republicans looking for the replacement of that of michael steele at the rnc. what do you know? >> there's a large group of republicans in washington, d.c.s and around the country. members of the republican national committee, karl rove, people who have been in charge of politics are trying to find a consensus candidate to get him out of running for a second term. everybody sort of has their favorites. there's not likely to be a consensus choice. everybody who is a possible

candidate think they should be the consensus choice. we have seen michigan come out and say they think they should run. former ambassador under george w. bush will come out and announce. this week, the republican's governor's association is meeting in san diego. it's a kick-off of the rnc chairman's race. a couple candidates will be announced there. already, people who say they want to support michael steele are finding it difficult to corral the votes. people who oppose him think there's a big opportunity to knock him out and forceim or keep him from running at all. >> reid wilson, thank you. good to see you. >> thank you. coming up, a big break in the natalee holloway break. the search intensifies for an ohio family.

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unlawful. an exciting announcement. the company snagged the rights to sell the beatles music in their catalog. they are going to have it for you on itunes. in ohio, growing fears of a mother, her son and friend missing for nearly a week now. the 15-year-old daughter was rescued from her alleged kidnappers home. the exconvict heads to court charged with her abduction. peter joins us live from ohio. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. this hannan emotional taxing time for everybody in the community, certainly for the family and those missing now. first the joy on sunday morning of finding the 13-year-old. now, great despair and fears of the individuals. he wants to be optimistic. he has to be realistic. certainly, there's a sense of

hope among the family members here. a short time ago, i spoke to steven thompson, the father of one of the missing women. >> as far as i'm concerned, they are locked up in another house somewhere or maybe in a shed somewhere. they may be cold, they may be hurt. they are coming back. >> reporter: of course he's making record to the fact sarah maynard was found and gagged in his basement. she had been there for four days in that condition. she's home and safe with her family. we are looking at new details about how investigators were able to pinpoint the suspect in this case. they reviewed surveillance tape from a nearby walmart. there's evidence he may have purchased a tarp from there. there's information that last thursday, the same day they found the vehicle belonging to a missing woman, the mother of

sarah, they found the suspect in his own vehicle a short distance away. that's the latest from here. the suspect will be in court at 1:30 this afternoon. there's a news conference scheduled this afternoon as well. >> there's a lot of talk about foundation park near hoffman's house. has anything turned up from the investigation of the park? >> reporter: it's a good question. yesterday, they continued the search there. it's filled with lakes and wooded areas as well. they pulled a vehicle out of the water yesterday afternoon. they found another vehicle under water that could have been connected to the case. in both instances they were not connected to the crime here. they picked up suspicious items from the clothing they thought may be connected to the case. they are reviewing that evidence now. the search continues throughout the course of the day. >> great to see you, peter. thank you. george w. bush will be surrounded by friends and

officials this morning for the ground breaking of his presidential center in dallas. the $300 million complex includes a presidential library. protesters are staking out the sight. janet is live and can fill us in from there. good morning. >> reporter: hey, thomas. good morning to you. we are anticipating the ceremony in two hours from now. it really is a class reunion for the administration of the bush administration, condoleezza rice will be here. karen hughs, josh boleton, don evans and vice president dick cheney in addition to former president george bush and his wife laura and his father president bush. this will be the first time the vice president and president appeared together since president bush left office two years ago. this is a $300 million complex privately raised funds. it's the second largest

presidential library in the nation. second to the reagan library in california. the third in texas. we have the lbj in austin and president bush's 41 in college station. this is going to open in two years. today is the big ceremonial push, if you will. as you mentioned, at the top, there are protesters. they are mainly war protesters and a rally scheduled today on the fringe of southern methodist. we have another camera here. if you give a look around, about 2,500 people are expected for the ground breaking. we'll bring it to you live. back to you. >> thank you, janet, appreciate it. democrats are frustrating with nancy pelosi. they want to loosen her grip. luke russert is nbc news capitol hill correspondent. they are going for the

lieutenants below, right? >> right. it's inside baseball. here is what we have. dan born is a blue dock democrat. he is not excited about nancy pelosi being the leader. what they want to do is offer and amendment to switch the rules so she could not appoint her close confidants in leadership positions. george miller of california and connecticut. head of the rules committee. they want to make the appointments as well as the dccc appointed by pelosi. they want to make them elected positions. releasing pelosi's hand from that type of power. what would it do? it would get a lot of pelosi people out of important leadership positions. they run the congressional campaigns in 2012. what does the steering committee

do? decide which people get committee assignments. the blue dogs say look, we are going to try to strengthen or loosen her grip on the power and get rid of the strength. it will be interesting to see if anything will happen with it. talking to a lot of people yesterday, not just blue dogs, a lot of folks in places like pennsylvania, indiana, illinois, a lot of state that is took hard hits this past cycle, they seem to be receptive to this. what said, if this was a football team that got completely destroyed and we came back with the exact same team next season, people would look at us to say what have we done to make it different and improve ourselves. this step to loosen her grip is a great big leap toward improving the democratic party in the house. >> what are they doing, talking brett favre or something like that? >> michael vick.

how about that performance last night. be well. >> also on the hill, chris jansing. what do you have coming up for us. >> reporter: usually the lame duck sessions can be quiet. not so this time. we have, as you have been reporting, 100 new members of congress here. my question is, will the new members change washington or will washington change them? we'll talk live to the youngest member of congress. also to get perspective, dennis has earth who was here in '94 for the republicans. we are going to talk to john larson, the number four on the democratic side. talking about this with luke. some of the democrats who are not happy the leadership is staying the same. is that a good move? were the voters saying listen, we need change. are they going to think that change is happening if the same leaders remain in place? also, i think you know, this is a town that's about political power as it is about social

power. so, who is going to get invited to the royal wedding for kate and will? it's buzzing around here in washington today. i don't know if we are going to get definitive answers. we are going to go looking. >> it's good to go looking. trivia time for you. what newly elected member of congress is an accomplished gospel singer? any clues? >> reporter: i know there's a farmer. i think he's from tennessee who is a gospel singer. >> you are good. it's republican stephen fincher. he was 9 years old when he joined the gospel group led by his own grandmother. if you run into him, he will probably sing on camera for you. >> reporter: i'll say hey for you. >> thank you very much. if that was my ride beeping for me, tell them, i'll be there later. >> reporter: you could hear that. there's a lot of rain here.

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the head of the tsa is expected to get a grilling over controversial techniques. the body scanners and patdowns are sparking rage. tom, good morning from reagan

airport this morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. there's polling data that suggests the public supports the full body scanners. for some travelers, the scanners and paddowns are too much. it took just a few words from a san diego man's confrontation to go viral on the internet. >> you touch my junk, i'm going to have you arrested. >> reporter: a growing concern over the scanners and pat downs. >> i don't want a random stranger looking at my naked body. my traveling by plane doesn't warrant that to me. >> reporter: in kansas city, she thought her pat down was too personal. the breast exam was different because she was using her hand. i was like, yeah. when she went up my leg and went up my skirt, i freaked out. >> reporter: they call for a full patdown. now, travelers across the country are struggling with the

scans and patdowns and security verses privacy trade off. from los angeles to now wark -- >> it's inconvenient. it makes you wanlt to come to the airport with no clothes on at all. >> i would be upset. i know they are trying to protect people. at the same time, there has to be a limit as to how far they go. >> a passengers right group is calling for a boycott during the thanksgiving week. >> we don't believe they should be a primary screening method. we are saying only use them if someone presents a risk. >> reporter: with pilot's unions refusing they go through the scans, they are saying they are safe. still, it's open to change. >> if there are adjustments we need to make as we move forward, we have an open ear.

we will listen. >> reporter: don't expect a dramatic change. the scanners are likely here to stay. the tsa launched an investigation into the event in san diego. he could face a fine of up to $11,000 for probing a check point and backing off. the fine is there to discourage people from doing that. >> i like the one comment i would rather be a whole lot safe than a little sorry. passengers are planning a protest in time for the thanksgiving travel rush. they are calling november 24 the opt out date urging travelers to refuse the body scans. we have the national correspondent from atlantic and he is thinking of taking it to a new level, encouraging men to wear kilts. i know it's a funny idea meant to mess up the people at the tsa. why come up with this. you say there's a serious

message behind it. >> the serious message is that it is probably an unnecessary security enhancement and humiliating to the american people, most of whom are visiting america are not terrorists and do not pose a threat. as a secondary security screening, this is fine. patdowns, the more intrusive, invasive machineries or tasks to look under your clothing. as secondary, that's fine. putting children and nuns and old people through the machines, it's ridiculous. there has to be a balance. i was suggesting the kilts to see the process more. there's a serious point here. how much is enough, already? i mean -- >> are you saying it's psychological theater? just giving the travelers the

psychological ease that something is being done? >> the term of art is security theater. this is a performance. when you go to the airport, you are participating in a performance designed to make you, the tax paying american as if the government is protecting you. there are numerous ways to harm. i'm sorry to talk bluntly about this in the morning, but we've already seen in saudi arabia the use of a cavity bomb in which the bombs are placed inside people's bodies. the machines we have at the airport can't detect that. are we going to start screening people's body cavities at a certain point? or do the right thing which is deal with terrorism at its source. the theory, the theory of the case here is that by the time a terrorist plot has matured to the point where it's an hour away from launching and the terrorists are at the airport that means they've gotten past

the u.s. military and fbi and we're relying on the tsa, the nice people in blue shirts at the airport to defeat a sophisticated terror plot? i think that's silly. i think we should put our resources to fighting terrorism at its source. >> most people do support the full-body scanners. i'm not talking about the pat downs here. 81% say yes and 15% say no. the full-body machines have the support of the american people. >> look, they don't have the support of frequent travelers. by the way, i think if that's the same question i read last night, they weren't asked, do you support this over the usual metal detectors. the metal detectors used for nine years post-9/11 and we haven't had an attack on air transport since then. would you rather have naked pictures taken of you --

>> on november 24th, are you wearing a kilt to travel? >> no, i don't think i would look good in a kilt. >> thank you so much. appreciate your time. >> thank you. coming up, we'll talk about what happened on "dancing with the stars." will bristol palin survive? [ man ] ♪ trouble ♪ trouble, trouble trouble, trouble ♪ ♪ trouble been doggin' my soul ♪ since the day i was born ♪ worry ♪ oh, worry, worry worry, worry ♪ [ announcer ] when it comes to things you care about, leave nothing to chance. travelers. take the scary out of life. missing something? now you get a cleanser with scope freshness. ♪ new fixodent plus scope ingredients.

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